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  • Correctional farm saves money, redirects lives

    April 15, 2016 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Wasilla, Alaska

    Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm has 35 inmates who work to produce food for the local food banks and the prison. The inmates who work there learn key practical skills, which have the potential to transform them and reduce recidivism.

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  • Youth Violence Solution? Authorities Should Stop Ignoring Activists

    April 14, 2016 |

    ThisCantBeHappening.net |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia and London are cities with high poverty rates and city violence and both see employment as the critical tool needed to counter violence among youth and young adults living in low-income communities.

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  • What's deadly dull and can save the world? (Hint: We can't stand it)

    April 14, 2016 |

    The Correspondent |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    A lack of bureaucratic services has kept people in poverty around the world by limiting the number of documents attainable by citizens who have a low-income, verifying proof of property ownership. "Capacity building" in the form of sending "tax inspectors without borders," book-keeping classes, and expanding bureaucratic services for places in need, allow people to make investments in their properties that can lift them above the poverty line.

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  • Shopping for Health Care: A Fledgling Craft

    April 12, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    When it comes to health care in America, quality is hard to measure and cost is hard to predict. Some are trying to increase transparency and accountability among health care providers and insurers.

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  • How are Special Needs Teens Being Prepared for Workforce?

    April 11, 2016 |

    KTVX-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Camp K in Utah provides job counseling and training for teens with special needs, helping them to bridge the gap between high school and the professional work force.

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  • What It Looks Like When A University Truly Fixes How It Handles Sexual Assault

    April 07, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Oregon State University was being criticized for its handling of sexual assault cases, particularly Brenda Tracy's case that occurred in 1998. Now years later, the president of OSU- Ed Ray, has formally apologized, hired Tracy as a consultant, the Sexual Assault Resource Center has been created, and other steps that have led to a more prepared environment to help victims of sexual assault.

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  • New App Helps Undocumented Immigrants Find College Scholarships

    April 03, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Many undocumented students are often encumbered when seeking prosperous avenues to college affordability and DREAMer’s Roadmap app is changing that. The app, founded by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca—an undocumented immigrant—works to help connect other undocumented students with scholarship opportunities by letting students search through a free database of scholarships, and sending users alerts via text, email or social media when new scholarships are added to the system.

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  • Come for the pizza, stay for the power: why Boston let teenagers set its budget

    March 31, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston’s Youth Lead the Change engages young people in municipal decision-making by putting them in charge of determining how one million dollars is spent every year. Participants learn how city government works, submit project ideas, and vote on which proposals to fund. It’s not a simulation. The money is real.

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  • SC Guidelines Now Protect Good Samaritans Who Help Road Accident Victims

    March 30, 2016 |

    The Wire |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    According to new Indian laws, if a Good Samaritan helps a road accident victim they should expect to be treated with respect by hospitals, the courts and the police.

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  • Meet the Thai Sex Workers Fighting for Their Right to Earn a Living

    March 28, 2016 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province

    Empower, a sex workers' rights organization with over 50,000 members, has been steadily pushing to improve the working conditions of women in the sex trade in Thailand. In addition to advocating for decriminalization of the trade as the best option, Empower focuses on equipping sex workers with the tools they need to assert their independence, including English classes and HIV prevention. The organization's approach is starkly different than other popular theories, such as brothel raids or the Nordic model of criminalizing the customers.

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